Dora Noda
Software Engineer
Dora Noda is a Software Engineer writing about Web3 infrastructure, blockchain networks, and self-hosting.
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Hyperliquid's 44% Comeback: How a Purpose-Built L1 Outran Aster and Forced Wall Street to Rethink Crypto Custody
Hyperliquid hit 44% perp DEX market share as Aster collapsed to 15%. The same day, Grayscale pulled Coinbase from its HYPE ETF filing and handed custody to Anchorage — a hinge moment for on-chain derivatives and institutional crypto custody.
InfoFi Is the New DeFi: How Information Finance Became Web3's $10B Sector in 2026
Prediction markets cleared $25.7B in March 2026 alone, Polymarket is talking at a $15B valuation, and Kaito just merged attention with on-chain wagers. InfoFi is the first post-DeFi category tracking to $10B in sector value this year.
Kite AI Becomes First Crypto L1 Inside Google's Agent Payments Protocol
Kite AI, an EVM-compatible L1 purpose-built for autonomous agents, is the first crypto chain inside Google's Agent Payments Protocol. Here is what that means for the agentic web.
Kraken's Open-Source CLI Bets the Next Crypto Interface Is a Terminal — Not a Trading Screen
Kraken's open-source Rust CLI rewrites its exchange surface for AI agents, shipping 134+ commands, a built-in MCP server, and local paper trading — a structural bet that the next wave of trading volume belongs to software, not humans.
Meme Launchpad 2.0: How Pump.fun and LetsBonk Are Rebuilding Solana's $6.7B Meme Economy
Pump.fun retired $213M in tokens and LetsBonk grabbed 64% market share — how anti-sniper protection, bonding curve maturity, and on-chain reputation are rebuilding Solana's meme economy.
When AI Agents Hold the Keys: Why Mind Network's FHE Bet Could Define the Next $311B
Mind Network is betting that fully homomorphic encryption is the missing primitive between $311B in stablecoin supply and autonomous agents that can hold private keys without leaking strategy. A look at the stack war shaping the machine economy.
Japan's Quiet $200B Crypto Wave: Why Nomura's April 2026 Survey Signals the Next Institutional Repricing
Nomura's April 2026 survey shows 80% of Japan's institutional investors plan to allocate up to 5% to digital assets by 2029 — a sticky $200B+ flow that could rewrite Bitcoin's buyer base.
From Binary Bets to 10x Leverage: Polymarket and Kalshi's $37B Pivot Into Crypto Perps
Polymarket and Kalshi launched crypto perpetual futures on April 21, 2026, weaponizing CFTC DCM status to take leveraged derivatives mainstream — and reset the competitive map against Hyperliquid, Coinbase, and Robinhood.
Project Eleven's $20M Bet: Inside the Race to Quantum-Proof Bitcoin Before Q-Day
Project Eleven's $20 million Series A signals the first serious capital cycle into quantum-safe crypto as Google's tighter resource estimates put roughly $440 billion of vulnerable Bitcoin UTXOs on a shorter migration clock.